Introduction to Fractured Fairy Tale
Prewriting - Fractured Fairy Tale
Tuesday
Write a rough draft of a Fractured Fairy Tale
Wednesday
Students will get response to their Fractured Fairy Tale
Thursday
Final Copy - Fractured Fairy Tale
Friday
Reading Day
Week of May 2nd and Week of May 9th
Monday - Friday
Students will work on their Social Studies/English group project presentation.
Week of April 25th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Last day to work on The Trouble with Lemons book project.
Wednesday
Book Project Due Introduction to Research and History Project
Thursday - Friday
Library Research
Week of April 18th
Monday - Friday
The Trouble with Lemons Book Project
Week of April 11th
Monday
PSSA Prep the day before! Review pages 19 - 43 of The Trouble with Lemons. Pages 69 - 88 and sticky notes.
Tuesday Review pages 69 - 88 and the sticky notes. Read pages 89 - 108 and sticky notes.
Wednesday
Review pages 89 - 108 and the sticky notes.
Read pages 109 - 135 and sticky notes.
Thursday
Review pages 109 - 135 and the sticky notes.
Read pages 136 - 155 and sticky notes.
Friday Review pages 136 - 155 and the sticky notes. Read until the end of the book and sticky notes.
Week of April 4th
Monday
Study Island Post Test
Tuesday PSSA Question of the Day Introduction to A Trouble with Lemons
Students will read the book and keep a record of post it notes as they read.
Students will read chapters one and two and complete a post it note.
Wednesday Review chapters one and two. Students will need to read chapters three and four for Monday.
Thursday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Week of March 28th
Monday
No School - Easter Break
Tuesday - Wednesday
Argumentative writing prompts and rubric.
Argumentative practice writing piece.
Review Exemplar Arguments
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Nine Vocabulary.
Friday
Study Island
Week of March 21st
Monday
Narrative Poetry
Tuesday
Reading Day
Wednesday
Narrative Poetry
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Informative writing prompts and rubric.
Informative practice writing piece.
Review Exemplar Informatives
Wednesday - Thursday
Reading and Writing Poetry
"Annabel Lee" and lines, stanzas and rhyme scheme.
Students will write their own poem with stanzas and a rhyme scheme.
Friday
Study Island/AR
Week of March 7th
Monday - Tuesday
Introduction to PSSA writing prompts and rubric. Narrative Practice Writing Piece Review Exemplar Narratives
Wednesday - Thursday
Reading and Writing Poetry "Names" by Billy Collins and free verse, imagery and memorials. Students will write their own poem as a memorial.
Friday
Study Island.
Week of February 29th
Monday
PSSA Question of the Day Review argument and evaluating reasoning MUTT and Respond to "Pro Athletes' Salaries Aren't Overly Exorbitant" and "Do Professional Athletes get Paid Too Much?"
Tuesday
PSSA Question of the Day Review selections PSSA Question of the Day
Review questions
MUTT and respond to "Why We Shouldn't Go To Mars"
Wednesday
Review
Test on Arguments - Athletes and Mars
Thursday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Due
Friday
Vocabulary Test
Study Island
Week of February 22nd
Monday
TDA on "It's Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July."
Tuesday
Review TDA and TDA activity.
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit Eight Vocabulary.
Thursday
Poetry, imagery and nature - "the earth is a living thing," "Sleeping in the Forest" and "Gold."
Friday
Reading Day
February 16th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Questions of the Day
Read "It's not about the bike" and "23 Days in July" and respond to the margin questions.
Students will discuss and define author's purpose and theme.
Thursday
TDA and Selection Test
Friday
Study Island Topics - Organizing Ideas and Transitions
Week of February 8th
Monday
PSSA Question of the Day Review "What do Fish Have to do With Anything?" and test Read "Homeless"
Tuesday
TDA on "Homeless" and "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything."
Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day Poetry and the PSSA activity
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
No School
Week of February 1st
Monday - Tuesday
PSSA Question of the Day Discuss Theme Read "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?" and respond to the questions in the margins.
Wednesday PSSA Question of the Day Review " What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Thursday
Test on " What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Friday
Study Island Topics - Introducing and Closing Topics and Supporting and Developing Topics
Week of January 18th
Monday No school
Tuesday - Friday
Students will watch the film, Brian's Song. As they watch the film, they will take notes comparing and contrasting the movie to the teleplay read in class. The students will then write an essay comparing and contrasting the movie and email it to the teacher using school email and Word 365.
Week of January 11th
Monday
PSSA question of the day "Brian's Song" Part Two
Tuesday
PSSA question of the day "Brian's Song" Part Two
Wednesday
PSSA question of the day
"Brian's Song" Part Two
Thursday
Test on "Brian's Song"
Friday
Text Dependent Analysis "Brian's Song"
Week of January 4th
Monday
Introduction to PSSA Question of the Day
Review CDT information
Introduction to Brian's Song.
Tuesday - Thursday
Read Part One of Brian's Song in class.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 21st
Monday
Finish Skit Presentation AR Review - Due January 14th
Write and revise and decorate a winter poem using metaphor.
Tuesday
Finish winter poem
Wednesday - Friday
Christmas Break
Week of December 14th
Monday - Thursday Introduction to creation myth and mythology. Students will read "Prometheus" and "Orpheus" and discuss as a class. In groups, students will create a creation myth and write a skit about that myth. Students will perform that skit for the class.
Friday Reading Day and AR review.
Week of December 7th
Monday - Wednesday
CDTs
Thursday
Vocabulary - Unit Six Due
Friday
Unit Six Vocabulary Test
Week of November 30th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Six vocabulary.
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to Text Dependent Analysis. Students will read Papa's Parrot and write a response to a text dependent analysis prompt.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of November 23rd
Monday
Vocabulary - Unit Five due
Tuesday
Vocabulary Test on Unit Five
Wednesday
Reading Day
Thursday - Friday
No School
Week of November 16th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary
Tuesday - Wednesday
Third person point of view
Read and review "A Retrieved Reformation"
Thursday
Selection test on "A Retrieved Reformation."
Friday
Study Island - Figurative Language and Word Relationships
Week of November 9th
Monday
Students will present their argumentative essay podcast. Tuesday
Introduce "The Scholarship Jacket."
Students will read and respond to the margin questions.
Wednesday
Review "The Scholarship Jacket."
Students will complete graphic organizers for story.
Thursday
Selection test on "The Scholarship Jacket."
Friday
No School - Parent Teacher Conferences Week of November 2nd
Monday
Rough draft of argumentative essay due.
Students will peer edit.
Tuesday
Students will film themselves in a podcast reading their own argumentative essay.
Wednesday
Students will present their argumentative essay to the class.
Thursday
Vocabulary Packet - Unit Four due.
Friday
Vocabulary test - Unit Four
Reading Day
Week of October 26th
Monday
Students will present their bitstrip project to the class.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Four Words.
Wednesday -Thursday
Introduction to argumentative writing.
Students will write an argument responding to the prompt on page 163.
Prewriting activity due on Thursday and rough draft due on Monday.
Friday
Study Island Topics - Denotation and Connotation and Roots Words and Affixes
Week of October 19th
Monday - Thursday
With a partner, students will read the story, "Thank You Ma'am" and use bitstrips to explain the five elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view, theme).
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 12th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Vocabulary - Unit 3 due.
Wednesday
Resume class discussion of "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Thursday
Selection test on "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Friday
Vocabulary quiz on Lesson Two words. Study Island Assignments - multiple meaning words and context clues.
Week of October 5th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Two Vocabulary - Due Tuesday, October 13th.
Tuesday - Thursday
How do authors create suspense? Students will read "Rikki-tikki-tavi" with a partner in class and respond to the margin questions. Class discussion of the elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme).
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 28th
Monday
Introduce how setting affects character. Students will read "The Last Dog" with a partner.
Tuesday
Continue reading "The Last Dog."
Wednesday
Classroom discussion/review of "The Last Dog."
Thursday
Vocabulary - Unit 2 due.
Friday
Vocabulary Test - Unit 2 Constructed Response "The Last Dog."
Week of September 21st
Monday
Introduction to using a computer.
CDT
Tuesday - Wednesday
CDTs
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Two Vocabulary Words - Due October 1st.
Friday
Study Island Pretest and Bitstrip Introduction.
Week of September 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Review "Seventh Grade," MUTTin' up the text and the Plot Triangle.
Wednesday
Test on the Selection, "Seventh Grade."
Thursday
Vocabulary - Unit One Review
Friday
Quiz on Vocabulary Unit One
Reading Day
Week of September 7th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Students will type/write a final draft of their "First Week of Seventh Grade Essay."
Wednesday
Introduce MUTTing to the students (Marking Up The Text)
Students will read, with a partner, "Seventh Grade" and respond to the margin questions and MUTT up the text.
Thursday - Friday
Students will continue reading completing activities for "Seventh Grade."
Week of August 31st
Monday
I Am Poem Presentations
Tuesday
Introduce the writing process. Introduce topic, "The First Week of Seventh Grade." Brainstorm for essay. Describe the parts of an essay. Outline essay
Wednesday
Rough draft of essay.
Thursday
Peer Review. Revised draft due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of August 24th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to the class. Students will bring home information for parents including information for Remind.
Monday
Poetry Review Activity
Tuesday
Fractured fairy tale final copy.
Wednesday
Fractured Fairy Tale Presentation
Thursday
Vocabulary Review Activity
Friday
Fun Day
Week of May 16th
Monday
Introduction to Fractured Fairy Tale
Prewriting - Fractured Fairy Tale
Tuesday
Write a rough draft of a Fractured Fairy Tale
Wednesday
Students will get response to their Fractured Fairy Tale
Thursday
Final Copy - Fractured Fairy Tale
Friday
Reading Day
Week of May 2nd and Week of May 9th
Monday - Friday
Students will work on their Social Studies/English group project presentation.
Week of April 25th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Last day to work on The Trouble with Lemons book project.
Wednesday
Book Project Due
Introduction to Research and History Project
Thursday - Friday
Library Research
Week of April 18th
Monday - Friday
The Trouble with Lemons Book Project
Week of April 11th
Monday
PSSA Prep the day before!
Review pages 19 - 43 of The Trouble with Lemons.
Pages 69 - 88 and sticky notes.
Tuesday
Review pages 69 - 88 and the sticky notes.
Read pages 89 - 108 and sticky notes.
Wednesday
Review pages 89 - 108 and the sticky notes.
Read pages 109 - 135 and sticky notes.
Thursday
Review pages 109 - 135 and the sticky notes.
Read pages 136 - 155 and sticky notes.
Friday
Review pages 136 - 155 and the sticky notes.
Read until the end of the book and sticky notes.
Week of April 4th
Monday
Study Island Post Test
Tuesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Introduction to A Trouble with Lemons
Students will read the book and keep a record of post it notes as they read.
Students will read chapters one and two and complete a post it note.
Wednesday
Review chapters one and two. Students will need to read chapters three and four for Monday.
Thursday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Week of March 28th
Monday
No School - Easter Break
Tuesday - Wednesday
Argumentative writing prompts and rubric.
Argumentative practice writing piece.
Review Exemplar Arguments
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Nine Vocabulary.
Friday
Study Island
Week of March 21st
Monday
Narrative Poetry
Tuesday
Reading Day
Wednesday
Narrative Poetry
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Informative writing prompts and rubric.
Informative practice writing piece.
Review Exemplar Informatives
Wednesday - Thursday
Reading and Writing Poetry
"Annabel Lee" and lines, stanzas and rhyme scheme.
Students will write their own poem with stanzas and a rhyme scheme.
Friday
Study Island/AR
Week of March 7th
Monday - Tuesday
Introduction to PSSA writing prompts and rubric.
Narrative Practice Writing Piece
Review Exemplar Narratives
Wednesday - Thursday
Reading and Writing Poetry
"Names" by Billy Collins and free verse, imagery and memorials.
Students will write their own poem as a memorial.
Friday
Study Island.
Week of February 29th
Monday
PSSA Question of the Day
Review argument and evaluating reasoning
MUTT and Respond to "Pro Athletes' Salaries Aren't Overly Exorbitant" and "Do Professional Athletes get Paid Too Much?"
Tuesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Review selections
PSSA Question of the Day
Review questions
MUTT and respond to "Why We Shouldn't Go To Mars"
Wednesday
Review
Test on Arguments - Athletes and Mars
Thursday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Due
Friday
Vocabulary Test
Study Island
Week of February 22nd
Monday
TDA on "It's Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July."
Tuesday
Review TDA and TDA activity.
Wednesday
Introduction to Unit Eight Vocabulary.
Thursday
Poetry, imagery and nature - "the earth is a living thing," "Sleeping in the Forest" and "Gold."
Friday
Reading Day
February 16th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Questions of the Day
Read "It's not about the bike" and "23 Days in July" and respond to the margin questions.
Students will discuss and define author's purpose and theme.
Thursday
TDA and Selection Test
Friday
Study Island Topics - Organizing Ideas and Transitions
Week of February 8th
Monday
PSSA Question of the Day
Review "What do Fish Have to do With Anything?" and test
Read "Homeless"
Tuesday
TDA on "Homeless" and "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything."
Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Poetry and the PSSA activity
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
No School
Week of February 1st
Monday - Tuesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Discuss Theme
Read "What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?" and respond to the questions in the margins.
Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Review "
What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Thursday
Test on "
What do Fish Have To Do with Anything?"
Friday
Study Island Topics - Introducing and Closing Topics and Supporting and Developing Topics
Week of January 18th
Monday
No school
Tuesday - Friday
Students will watch the film, Brian's Song. As they watch the film, they will take notes comparing and contrasting the movie to the teleplay read in class. The students will then write an essay comparing and contrasting the movie and email it to the teacher using school email and Word 365.
Week of January 11th
Monday
PSSA question of the day
"Brian's Song" Part Two
Tuesday
PSSA question of the day
"Brian's Song" Part Two
Wednesday
PSSA question of the day
"Brian's Song" Part Two
Thursday
Test on "Brian's Song"
Friday
Text Dependent Analysis "Brian's Song"
Week of January 4th
Monday
Introduction to PSSA Question of the Day
Review CDT information
Introduction to Brian's Song.
Tuesday - Thursday
Read Part One of Brian's Song in class.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 21st
Monday
Finish Skit Presentation
AR Review - Due January 14th
Write and revise and decorate a winter poem using metaphor.
Tuesday
Finish winter poem
Wednesday - Friday
Christmas Break
Week of December 14th
Monday - Thursday
Introduction to creation myth and mythology.
Students will read "Prometheus" and "Orpheus" and discuss as a class.
In groups, students will create a creation myth and write a skit about that myth.
Students will perform that skit for the class.
Friday
Reading Day and AR review.
Week of December 7th
Monday - Wednesday
CDTs
Thursday
Vocabulary - Unit Six Due
Friday
Unit Six Vocabulary Test
Week of November 30th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Six vocabulary.
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to Text Dependent Analysis.
Students will read Papa's Parrot and write a response to a text dependent analysis prompt.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of November 23rd
Monday
Vocabulary - Unit Five due
Tuesday
Vocabulary Test on Unit Five
Wednesday
Reading Day
Thursday - Friday
No School
Week of November 16th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary
Tuesday - Wednesday
Third person point of view
Read and review "A Retrieved Reformation"
Thursday
Selection test on "A Retrieved Reformation."
Friday
Study Island - Figurative Language and Word Relationships
Week of November 9th
Monday
Students will present their argumentative essay podcast.
Tuesday
Introduce "The Scholarship Jacket."
Students will read and respond to the margin questions.
Wednesday
Review "The Scholarship Jacket."
Students will complete graphic organizers for story.
Thursday
Selection test on "The Scholarship Jacket."
Friday
No School - Parent Teacher Conferences
Week of November 2nd
Monday
Rough draft of argumentative essay due.
Students will peer edit.
Tuesday
Students will film themselves in a podcast reading their own argumentative essay.
Wednesday
Students will present their argumentative essay to the class.
Thursday
Vocabulary Packet - Unit Four due.
Friday
Vocabulary test - Unit Four
Reading Day
Week of October 26th
Monday
Students will present their bitstrip project to the class.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit Four Words.
Wednesday - Thursday
Introduction to argumentative writing.
Students will write an argument responding to the prompt on page 163.
Prewriting activity due on Thursday and rough draft due on Monday.
Friday
Study Island Topics - Denotation and Connotation and Roots Words and Affixes
Week of October 19th
Monday - Thursday
With a partner, students will read the story, "Thank You Ma'am" and use bitstrips to explain the five elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view, theme).
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 12th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Vocabulary - Unit 3 due.
Wednesday
Resume class discussion of "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Thursday
Selection test on "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Friday
Vocabulary quiz on Lesson Two words.
Study Island Assignments - multiple meaning words and context clues.
Week of October 5th
Monday
Introduction to Unit Two Vocabulary - Due Tuesday, October 13th.
Tuesday - Thursday
How do authors create suspense?
Students will read "Rikki-tikki-tavi" with a partner in class and respond to the margin questions.
Class discussion of the elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme).
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 28th
Monday
Introduce how setting affects character.
Students will read "The Last Dog" with a partner.
Tuesday
Continue reading "The Last Dog."
Wednesday
Classroom discussion/review of "The Last Dog."
Thursday
Vocabulary - Unit 2 due.
Friday
Vocabulary Test - Unit 2
Constructed Response "The Last Dog."
Week of September 21st
Monday
Introduction to using a computer.
CDT
Tuesday - Wednesday
CDTs
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Two Vocabulary Words - Due October 1st.
Friday
Study Island Pretest and Bitstrip Introduction.
Week of September 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Review "Seventh Grade," MUTTin' up the text and the Plot Triangle.
Wednesday
Test on the Selection, "Seventh Grade."
Thursday
Vocabulary - Unit One Review
Friday
Quiz on Vocabulary Unit One
Reading Day
Week of September 7th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Students will type/write a final draft of their "First Week of Seventh Grade Essay."
Wednesday
Introduce MUTTing to the students (Marking Up The Text)
Students will read, with a partner, "Seventh Grade" and respond to the margin questions and MUTT up the text.
Thursday - Friday
Students will continue reading completing activities for "Seventh Grade."
Week of August 31st
Monday
I Am Poem Presentations
Tuesday
Introduce the writing process.
Introduce topic, "The First Week of Seventh Grade."
Brainstorm for essay.
Describe the parts of an essay.
Outline essay
Wednesday
Rough draft of essay.
Thursday
Peer Review. Revised draft due on Monday.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of August 24th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to the class. Students will bring home information for parents including information for Remind.
Wednesday
Introduction to "I Am" poem.
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to the library